TE308 when it took its first flight in North America ( Detroit MI. i believe )


Don Plub front, Jerry Billing rear
Dave C
The rest of the video is uploaded
Cheers Dave
The video of the BF109 i am pretty happy with except for the kids in the area making lots of noise 😮 The sound from the DB 601 is just hair raising, reminds me of a Big Block Chev with a 871 blower and big ass cam at idle 😀
The great thing about planes from this era is just hearing them, the flying is just a added bonus 😮
The one P51 came in for landing and cut the power quick and had the Packard just poping madly 😀 Reminded me of Jerry Billing in MK923 everytime he would fly over my house coming in for landing in Windsor Ont. he would do that, boy i miss those days as a kid watching him tear up the sky around my house in the Spit
I will have be getting the video ready tonight, have some nice passes of the P47’s P40 and lots of the 109. I will dig through i know i have a lot more of the P40 ( was a nice surprise to see it come in, i didn’t see it on the list of aircraft to attend the show)
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Will be attending that show and ofcourse will be taking lots of pictures and video which will be up on my site. Their will also be quite a few P51’s and P47’s attendind and i hear that Ed Russell’s ME 109 will be their also 😎
Will post when i have the good’s on my site
Dave
The picture was already posted but i thought i would link to the video of a simular pass in MK923 at Mr. Billing’s own grass strip.
http://www.ontario-warbirds.ca/video/low%20pass.wmv
Dave C
Take any of MK923?
Dave C
Opp’s were did i get ML730 from 😮 Was a late night capturing video.
Yes the commentators need to be a little quieter on the flybys but also i should have setup camp in a better location ( live and learn ) although i do enjoy Charlie Fox’s stories from the war ( I believe he was #412 Canandian Sq. Spitfire pilot)
Dave C
Got a little excited on the way out of the show in the old car, the crowd loved it thou 😉
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That was too fast, Yes it was Reno 1981. Here are a few more pictures.
Jerry was flying Sl721 and Te308 at Reno that year for Mr. Woods.
After Jerry’s victory roll and landing Bob Swaddling put a tape swastika on the side of SL721 😀
Cheers Dave
I would purchase Spitfire Mk IX MK923/5JZ and slap” Jerry Billing ” on the sides ( were it use to say Cliff Robertson ) and park it here in Ontario, maybe at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. If winnings were really high, i would ship it back to the UK and have her reskinned and put back to airworthy and have Bob Swaddling over see a correct paint job and find a good pilot to display her again ( If Jerry didnt want the job ).
Dave C
Even more.
Also have video flybys of the B25 and Lanc which will be on my site later this week and also a run up of the Lysander.